Foreign national as a consultant for a period of 3 years under Employment visa - Whether eligible for PF,ESI?

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A public limited company has appointed a foreign national as a consultant for a period of 3 years under Employment visa and a consultancy agreement is in place. Whether such consultant is eligible for employee benefits like PF, ESI etc?
17th November 2019 From India, Erode

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If the said person is employee.
If he falls under the wage limits of contribition towards epf and esic.
If he satisfies all the terms and conditions under employee - employer relationship
Then he is to be covered for all social wefare benefits as normal employee.
18th November 2019 From India, Vadodara

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